SEGA Co., Ltd. press release (2024.10.09) Sega Co., Ltd. SEGA announces the planning and development of the globally popular game software “Shinobi” movie SEGA Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director, President and COO: Shufumi Utsumi, hereinafter referred to as SEGA) announces that it has begun development of a movie with Universal Pictures of the United States for its game software “Shinobi”. I will.
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The first installment of Sega’s Shinobi series was released as an arcade title in 1987, and was a huge hit, mainly overseas. To date, we have released more than 10 series and have developed them for various platforms. The title “Shinobi” is a general term for ninjas living in modern times, and they are depicted as heroes who stand against great evil. “Shinobi” is one of Sega’s most popular worldwide series, along with “Sonic the Hedgehog”, and when it was announced that a new game was being developed at the end of 2023, it received a lot of attention overseas. It became a hot topic. To produce the film, Universal Pictures has hired Sam Hargrave, who directed the “Tyler Rake” series, and Ken Kobayashi to write the screenplay. Also serving as producers are Marc Platt and Adam Segal of Marc Platt Productions, Dmitri M. Johnson of Story Kitchen, and Toru Nakahara of Sega, with Mike Goldberg and Timsony I. Stevenson. He will serve as executive producer. Additionally, Universal Pictures’ Senior Vice President of Production and Development Ryan Jones and Director of Production and Development Christine Sun will be joining the project. Universal Pictures will produce “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which was produced in 2023 and achieved worldwide box office revenue of 1.4 billion dollars as a movie based on a game, and “Five,” which achieved worldwide box office revenue of 290 million dollars.・We hope that this work will be a success following “Knights at Freddy’s.” ◆About Sam Hargrave Sam Hargrave is known as the director of “Tyler Rake” (2020) and “Tyler Rake 2” (2023). Tyler Rake becomes the most-watched original in Netflix history, with 99 million viewers in the first four weeks. More people are watching. “Tyler Rake – Recapture of Life 2” became Netflix’s No. 1 work in 90 countries, and at the same time the first work returned to No. 2, holding the No. 1 and No. 2 positions for two weeks in a row. Future plans include the third installment in the series, as well as “KILL THEM ALL,” currently in development at Paramount Pictures. ◆About Ken Kobayashi Ken Kobayashi served as co-executive producer on his latest work, Apple/A24’s “Sunny.” He has written scripts for Marvel/Hulu’s “Marvel Hit Monkey” and Amazon’s “Moonfall.” He also provided the script for “KUROMAKU” (original title) to Amazon MGM Studios. In terms of film, he has provided Columbia Pictures with “MOVE ON” (original title). ◆About Story Kitchen Story Kitchen is a dynamic media company that specializes in world-building and franchise-building, and specializes in the film and screen adaptation of video games and emerging IP. Sonic the Movie co-producer Dmitri M. Johnson and former APA agent and partner Mike Goldberg will join veteran production and development executives Timothy I. Stevenson and Dan Jevons. Established in 2022 with Mr. Recent projects include Crystal Dynamics’ adaptation of the Tomb Raider franchise (live-action TV and film with Amazon MGM Studios and animated TV series with Netflix), Universal Pictures’ JUST CAUSE, starring Angel Manuel Sega’s popular game Bare Knuckle (co-produced with Lionsgate and Escape Artists), TOEJAM & EARL (co-produced with Amazon MGM Studios and Stephen Curry), IT There is a film adaptation of “TAKES TWO” (co-produced with Amazon MGM Studios and Seven Bucks). ◆About Sega (
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